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The devices do more than signal since they remove GPS, microphones, have a custom OS and provide anonymous burner SIMs on a subscription Most of these hacks ar
by wp381640 6y ago
The devices do more than signal since they remove GPS, microphones, have a custom OS and provide anonymous burner SIMs on a subscription
Most of these hacks are the equivalent of hacking signal and backdooring the software
This shit is hard especially when LE is determined, but criminal syndicates aren’t dumb and hire a lot of smart people
- topynate 6y ago> since they remove GPS, microphones, have a custom OS and provide anonymous burner SIMs on a subscription That is, do a bunch of crap that will immediately make you stand out to any modern (by which I mean, total) surveillance agency. The syndicates' problem isn't stupidity but immodesty – typical of organized crime. They thought they were, not smart, but the smartest, and that made it easy for other criminals to sell them garbage security products.
- wp381640 6y agoFrom a network perspective it’s indistinguishable from a 4G hotspot The devices are also heavily rotated, they can also have IMEI numbers updated To date with all of the public breach details it’s always been humint that lead to the networks being taken down
- gruez 6y ago> From a network perspective it’s indistinguishable from a 4G hotspot Not exactly, because that would depend on how competent the network is. For a "dumb" network yes, they won't know whether it's a 4g hotspot or not, but it's conceivable that an all-knowing adversary (eg. NSA) can infer the make/model of the phone based on fingerprinting or even the IMEI.
- rswail 6y agoExcept the NSA is not interested particularly in criminals. Their job is national security, not law enforcement.
- ParanoidShroom 6y agoKinda true. If they are talking the truth, they said they could see the phones turning on around the harbor of Antwerp, Rotterdam and in Colombia. The 3 key points for probably 50% of europe's coke. How that they can see them being turned on might be something to do with your comment.
- novok 6y agoWhy would you work at a criminal syndicate where you could just work in big tech with these levels of skill? These syndicates would have to pay $1 million /yr minimum to justify the risk.
- shadowgovt 6y agoDepends on the cirumstances. For example, if you have a criminal record, some of big tech is quite a bit less interested in talking to you. Criminal syndicates, obviously, don't consider a criminal record a deal-breaker.
- antihero 6y agoI imagine they have way better office parties.
- AJ007 6y agoA requirement to be involved in narcotics distribution is inability to think things through very carefully.
- boringg 6y agoOr a lack of other viable options. I would agree with your comment on the whole though. Typically doesn't end well.
- antihero 6y agoSo this puts an absolutely huge amount of trust in one place (the Sky ECC) company. A single point of failure that can control and have access to everything if it goes rogue. Surely just having some internally maintained ROMs with Signal/Telegram/Riot/OTR and your own process for procuring and cycling burners would be better if you have the money and resources?
- dgellow 6y agoHow do they hire talents? You can make lot of money legally if you’re a smart person in tech, I guess they have to offer either ridiculously high salaries, or something else?